Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#bad fortune #bows #down #earth #faces

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#apprehension #harm #more #often #reality

Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#brag #descent #others #owe #their

Whatever is well said by another, is mine. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#mine #said #well #whatever

Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#mind #speech #whenever

You learn to know a pilot in a storm. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#learn #pilot #storm #you

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#live #must #wish #you #yourself

A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#gift #many #punishment #some